Forum Rules and Regulations

James

IV: Reporting

Please use the report function if a user is breaking forum rules. This helps us mods do our job better.
Do not abuse the report function. Just because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean they are breaking the rules
Do not comment on threads created by spambots. It only bumps the thread. Report and move on.
Do not attempt to act as a moderator. If someone is breaking any forum rules you need only report them. All reports are looked at and cases studied. Any attempts to impose on another users activity will be seen as harassment and is not allowed.
Do not exposure of personal privacy.

James

V: Signatures

Linking to a commercial product/service is allowed, provided it is not a product or service that competes with a product or service offered by BOOSTOR and it is not an affiliate program link for BOOSTOR or any other affiliate program.
Promotional text for a commercial product or service is ok, provided there are no price(s) of product(s) or service(s) listed.
A link and promotional text for a site that is not commercial and does not contain product(s) and/or service(s) is allowed, provided the site is not sexual or does not violate BOOSTOR community standards. The BOOSTOR team shall be the sole arbitrator of what does and what does not violate community standards. (Examples include sites about drugs and/or sex.)
Duplicate links to the same URL in a signature are not allowed.
You can't have both text and images in your signature
For text signatures: 4 lines normal size, 8 lines small size and up to 90 chars per line. Font sizes above 2 are not allowed. (Blank lines count as lines.)
Do not use images with large text to bypass the previous item
For images in signatures: 1 image up to 300 pixels wide, 125 pixels tall and 20k in size
Animated images in a signature are not allowed

James

VI: Advertising Services and Solicitation

We do not allow people to post threads or to send any private messages or emails to users that advertise any products, services, funds or donations. This includes anything that may compete with any items on the official BOOSTOR Store, BOOSTOR products or not.
Explicit advertising and soliciting in signatures is prohibited.
Advertising for competing products is not allowed.
You should never give out your BOOSTOR customer number or password to anyone, and you should not disclose server logins and/or passwords to anyone except through the BOOSTOR support system. We can not take responsibility if you disclose this information.

James

VII: Usernames and Avatars

Offensive or inflammatory usernames or avatars will not be allowed
If you never set a user name since registration, your user name will be displayed as "fans + random number" now
If you set a user name, but the user name is the same as your forum-registered email's pre-fix, (for example, you set your user name as Cat_Dog while your email is Cat_Dog@website.com), your user name will also be changed to "fans + random number".
You can change your user name in your personal homepage settings.
Avatars that may be confused with public characters are not allowed.
Animated avatars are not allowed.
Use of the BOOSTOR logo in avatars is not allowed.

James

VIII: Licenses for Sale

We do not allow posts that are looking to sell or buy a used BOOSTOR license.

James

IX: Affiliate Programs

The BOOSTOR affiliate program is designed to allow people to advertise BOOSTOR on their website and earn a commission on all sales generated through that link. You are not allowed to post your affiliate link anywhere on the BOOSTOR forums. Anyone that does this may be removed from the affiliate program immediately without notice. This rule applies to all affiliate program links, not just the BOOSTOR program.

James

X: Reporting a suspected pirated copy of BOOSTOR

Do not post suspected copies of BOOSTOR designs or logs on these forums. If you suspect that a forum is using an illegal copy of BOOSTOR, please email the full URL to the forums (not the site's home page) to www.boostorcycling.com.
All sites sent to this address will be added to our anti-piracy database and will be investigated. The name of the person submitting the report will always remain confidential.
We will be unable to respond with whether this site is properly licensed or not, or our actions, for privacy reasons.

James

XI: Hosting Forum

The hosting forum is for discussion of hosts and hosting options for BOOSTOR customers. Advertising of hosting services is not allowed. This includes any host or anyone with a financial interest in or a partnership relationship with a host from replying to questions or requests regarding hosting services. Any posts violating this rule will be removed.
Because of the high rate of software piracy on 'free' hosts, discussion and questions regarding free hosting services are not appropriate for this forum. Please feel free to use this forum to discuss paid hosting services.
The hosting forum cannot be used to promote specific hosts. We will moderate posts and users continuing to excessively promote or advertise any hosts.

James

XII: Third-Party Disputes and Customizations

We will not mediate third-party disputes due to third-party purchases. Third-party purchases include styles, addons, custom programming and modifications, pay-per-post services, purchasing second-hand licenses, moderation fees, advertising fees or any product not directly purchased from BOOSTOR. Purchasing these items from another company is done at your own risk. If you have an issue with a third-party regarding their support or conduct then you will need to handle it through the means they provide.
We cannot provide support for third-party customizations. This includes contract programming, purchased or free styles, or modifications downloaded from http://www.vbulletin.org.

James

XIII: Limitation of liability

Although the administrators and staff of BOOSTOR Forum will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of BOOSTOR Community Forum, nor BOOSTOR will be held liabilities for the content of any message. Use of the forum is at your own risk.
By agreeing to these rules, you should warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, sexually-oriented, uncourteous, threatening, vulgar, or otherwise in violation of any laws.
The owners of BOOSTOR Community Forum reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason without any liabilities.
Prior notice will be posted in the forum if there is system maintenance or upgrades. BOOSTOR will not responsible for ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE, OF ANY KIND, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING FROM HARDWARE FAILURE OR FORCE MAJEURE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

James

XIV: Consequences of breaking forum rules

The BOOSTOR forum is fully run and owned by BOOSTOR and we reserve the right to update and modify these rules as the needs of the community dictate to ensure the smooth operation of this community.
Breaking of any of these rules may lead to deletion of threads/posts as well as the suspension or termination of user accounts and privileges.
Any infractions may result in a "violation" being issued. 3 violations will result in an automatic 30-day ban.
If your account has been terminated/banned, any further accounts created by the same user will be immediately terminated.
While these rules cover most common situations, we cannot anticipate everything. Consequently we reserve the right to take any actions we deem appropriate to ensure these forums are not disrupted or abused in any way.
To contest a ban, send an email to forum@boostorcycling.com. Note: bans rarely if ever get lifted.

James

XV: Points

180 B Points = $1 B Credit (USD)
The minimum number of points required for redemption is 1800. The maximum redeemable amount is 5400 points per month.
Redemption applications can be submitted at any time and will be checked on the first working day of each month. You can only submit one application per month.
Points can be given and taken away at any time and a banned account will result in a loss of the points associated with it.
Points are not transferrable.
Points determine your user-group
The following activities earn points (Note: the rewards for these activities can change at any time)

Activity	Points
Daily login	5
Create a new thread	5
Reply to a thread	2
Set a user avatar	5
Verify your email	10
Report a thread/post that is breaking forum rules	+-3
Post a thread or comment that gets deleted	-2

James

XVI: User Groups

User groups will be assigned based on points earned.
The user group rankings are as follows
Group Icon Points Limitation

New <40 Cannot post threads

B1 <150 /

B2 <500 /

B3 <1000 /

B4 <3000 /

Second Officer <10000 /

First Officer <30000 /

Captain >30000 /

James

XVII: Duplicate Threads/Site Search

Please avoid poting duplicate threads on subjects already covered.
The search function of the forum is still being developed and optimized. If you are having trouble finding what you want, like an old thread or content, use Google's search function.
To search only this site, put the following in your search bar: site:forum.boostorcycling.com <keywords or phrases> For example: site:forum.boostorcycling.com K6 Pro
For an exact search, put quotations around your chosen text. For example: site:forum.boostorcycling.com "K5 Pro"